Oh this has as easy answer. I have a very hard time with pompous windbags who puff themselves up and take stances that they probably don't actually even believe for the sake of riling people up. In other words, I just can't tolerate phoney baloney posing.
This is why I have such a hard time with Jose. Under either of his personae. He claims to be "for a better Broadway" and trashed Caroline, Or Change for months without seeing the show. Said those of us who loved it were sheep falling for The Emperor's New Clothes. Accused the producers of "selling out for the money" in the move of the show to Broadway, even though the producers were all on record going in saying they were pretty sure they would be losing their investments. Then of course, Jose actually got around to seeing the show, liked it, listens to the recording, likes it even more, and I think, "Well, what was with all the ill-informed phoney baloney BS you didn't think twice about posting for all those months?" And where are the gold stars that those of us who KNEW it was good get to wear for a) knowing that and b) putting up with crap like Jose's?
Anthony is very similar. He's not as bright as he likes to pretend he is and he's nowhere near as above the fray of Broadway as he likes to presume. His opera training pomposity would be bearable if he had actually made something of his life. But 95% of his posts were complete BS, goading people with proclamations about people like Christina Aguilera. All that high brow stuff goes right out the window when he wants to argue that lip synching pop stars are somehow "better" than Broadway and cabaret performers because they've made a lot of money.
Phoney baloney. That's what makes me feud with somebody. I may get people riled up now and again, but it's never over a stance I have taken JUST to get people going. I actually believe the things I write.
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Updated On: 8/16/04 at 06:16 PM